"time at Paisley Grammar School in Paisley, Scotland in 1970. He studied at the Drama Studio London in 1976. Howitt's first notable TV role was in the 1984–85 series of Yorkshire Television's long-running programme for schools ""How We Used To Live"", where he starred alongside Brookside actress Sue Jenkins. However, he is much better known for playing Joey Boswell in the BBC TV series ""Bread"". In 1998, he wrote and directed his first film, ""Sliding Doors"" (1998). Since then, he has directed several films, including ""Antitrust"" (2001), ""Johnny English"" (2003), ""Laws of Attraction"" (2004), and ""Dangerous Parking"" (2008). He adapted"
"Fund, founded in 1766. Graham Bickley Graham John Bickley (born 18 May 1958) is an English actor. He is best known for playing the role of Joey Boswell in ""Bread"" from 1989 until 1991, taking over from Peter Howitt, who played him from 1986 until 1989. Bickley trained at The Liverpool Theatre School. He has performed in the West End since 1981 in productions including ""They're Playing Our Song"", ""The Pirates of Penzance"", and as principal lead in ""Jukebox"", ""Which Witch"", ""Maddie"", ""The Pajama Game"" (Best Actor nomination, Toronto), ""Les Misérables"", ""Metropolis"", ""Miss Saigon"", ""Sunset Boulevard"" (playing opposite Petula Clark),"
"Graham Bickley Graham John Bickley (born 18 May 1958) is an English actor. He is best known for playing the role of Joey Boswell in ""Bread"" from 1989 until 1991, taking over from Peter Howitt, who played him from 1986 until 1989. Bickley trained at The Liverpool Theatre School. He has performed in the West End since 1981 in productions including ""They're Playing Our Song"", ""The Pirates of Penzance"", and as principal lead in ""Jukebox"", ""Which Witch"", ""Maddie"", ""The Pajama Game"" (Best Actor nomination, Toronto), ""Les Misérables"", ""Metropolis"", ""Miss Saigon"", ""Sunset Boulevard"" (playing opposite Petula Clark), and ""Ragtime"" (nominated for"
"films, first with Dave Bell Productions and later creating Appleseed Entertainment. In 2002-2003, he produced ""Hope Ranch"", a television movie (and backdoor pilot for Discovery Channel/Animal Planet) with C. Thomas Howell starring Bruce Boxleitner, Lorenzo Lamas and Gail O’Grady. In 2004, he wrote his first book, ""Talk to Your Body"", based on his lifelong personal exploration of faith healing and how attitude affects health, and began giving lectures and seminars on the concept. But by 2005, he realized he had strayed too far from his love of television and film production, and refocused his efforts on energizing his production company,"
"Peyton Reed Peyton Tucker Reed (born July 3, 1964) is an American television and film director. He is best known for directing the comedy films ""Bring It On"" (2000), ""Down with Love"" (2003), ""The Break-Up"" (2006) and ""Yes Man"" (2008), as well as the superhero films ""Ant-Man"" (2015) and its sequel, ""Ant-Man and the Wasp"" (2018). Reed was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Reed directed the motion pictures ""Bring It On"", ""Down with Love"", and ""The Break-Up""; all comedy films. He has also acted in small roles in some films"
"as director. He is an active Independent Filmmaker - and full filmography can be found at Bill Mousoulis Innersense website Richard Wolstencroft that documents Australian Indy Filmmakers His feature work is here: Bloodlust (1990, 89 mins) co-writer/director w Jon Hewitt The Intruder (1991) (uncompleted) director Pearls Before Swine (1999, 96 mins) writer/director The Beautiful and Damned (2008, 100 mins) writer/director The Last Days of Joe Blow (2012, 90 mins) writer/director Out on DVD from Monster Pictures, Feb 2016. The Second Coming Volume One (2015, 85 mins) writer/director Based on Yeats and starring Michael Tierney, Boyd Rice, Gene Gregorits, Jerome Alexandr,"
"in the movie """". In 2014, Powell began a recurring role on the television series ""About a Boy"" as Richard, Will's workaholic friend/accountant/business manager. Powell recurred on the final season of ""The Newsroom"". He appeared in the feature film ""My Name Is David"". In 2015, he created, wrote, directed, and starred in the web series ""Keith Broke His Leg"". The series went on to win several Indie Series Awards, including Best Comedy Series and Best Actor in a Comedy. Powell began his television directing career in March 2018 with the season 3 episode ""Amnesty"" of the NBC television series ""Superstore""."
"Film of the Year by the American Film Institute. Boycott also won the NAACP Image Award for Best Television Film of the Year and the Peabody Award. Twain served as Executive Producer with Strata Films for Heavens Fall, which was directed by Terry Green and starred Timothy Hutton, David Strathairn, Leelee Sobieski, Anthony Mackie, Azura Skye, and Bill Sage. Twain produced Scar, a high definition 3D action horror film written by Zack Ford. In 2008, he produced Spinning into Butter with Lou Pitt and Sarah Jessica Parker, who starred and also produced. Twain's latest film, produced with Howard Kaminsky and"
"Tim Burton Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American film director, producer, artist, writer, and animator. He is known for his dark, gothic, and eccentric horror and fantasy films such as ""Beetlejuice"" (1988), ""Edward Scissorhands"" (1990), ""The Nightmare Before Christmas"" (1993), ""Ed Wood"" (1994), ""Sleepy Hollow"" (1999), ""Corpse Bride"" (2005), """" (2007), ""Dark Shadows"" (2012), and ""Frankenweenie"" (2012). He is also known for blockbusters such as the adventure comedy ""Pee-wee's Big Adventure"" (1985), the superhero films ""Batman"" (1989) and its first sequel ""Batman Returns"" (1992), the sci-fi film ""Planet of the Apes"" (2001), the fantasy drama ""Big"
"""The Fifth Beatle"". Reed then went on to direct ""Ant-Man and the Wasp"", the sequel to ""Ant-Man"". Reed lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife Sheila; he was previously married to Beth LaMure from 1998 to 2006. Feature films Television Webseries Documentaries/Short films Commercials Peyton Reed Peyton Tucker Reed (born July 3, 1964) is an American television and film director. He is best known for directing the comedy films ""Bring It On"" (2000), ""Down with Love"" (2003), ""The Break-Up"" (2006) and ""Yes Man"" (2008), as well as the superhero films ""Ant-Man"" (2015) and its sequel, ""Ant-Man and the"
"movie roles in the 1980s, such as a sentry in ""My Science Project"" and a guard in ""Tron"". He played park ranger Mark O'Brien in the horror film ""The Prey"" (1984). Bostwick later returned to Alabama and taught theater at Auburn University where he directed several plays, including ""The Ballad of the Sad Cafe"". He occasionally appeared in films in the 1990s and 2000s. Bostwick is the founder of the L.A. (Lower Alabama) Film Group and the MIT [Made (mostly) In Tennessee] Film Group, two independent ""off-Hollywood"" motion-picture and television production companies. He has written a book about his life"
"role of ""Nate"", a fence in the film, ""Heat"", directed by Michael Mann, and appeared in the television films ""Convict Cowboy,"" and ""The Tin Soldier,"" also directing the latter film. Voight next appeared in 1996's blockbuster film """", directed by Brian De Palma and starring Tom Cruise. Voight played the role of spymaster James Phelps, a role originated by Peter Graves in the television series. In 1997, Voight appeared in six films, beginning with ""Rosewood"", based on the 1923 destruction of the primarily black town of Rosewood, Florida, by the white residents of nearby Sumner. Voight played John Wright, a"
"of timeless values. In 2008, the short story was adapted, entitled ""The Bread"", by Yasin Demirel, a German-Turkish director. The film had its world premier in 2009 at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films. It is based on the original script by Wolfgang Borchert, however the entire film was shot in English. Margarita Broich and Michael Sideris are in the leading roles. ""The Bread"" was produced by Palatino Film. The Bread The Bread (Das Brot) is a short story by Wolfgang Borchert. The story takes places in 1945 post-war Germany where food was in short supply. Borchert wrote"
"and along the US-Mexican border concentrating on the city of Juárez.) After his time in Central America Laverty made contact with director Ken Loach for whom he wrote ""Carla's Song"", his first screenplay, which starred Robert Carlyle. For his acting in ""My Name is Joe"", Peter Mullan won the Best Actor award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. ""Bread and Roses"", detailing the experiences of migrant labour, was shot in Los Angeles, and featured Adrien Brody in a leading role. Laverty's next script, ""Sweet Sixteen"" won best screenplay award in the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005 the two men"
"In 1988, he graduated from Wesleyan University. While at Wesleyan, Weitz studied under film instructor Jeanine Basinger. Weitz' early career involved many collaborations with his brother. Some of the work they have done as screenwriters has been both credited and uncredited. Weitz began his film career as a co-writer on the 1998 animated film ""Antz"". He followed this with work on various sitcoms such as ""Off Centre"" and the 1998 revival of the 1977 series ""Fantasy Island"". In 1999, he and Chris directed and produced ""American Pie"", which was written by Adam Herz, and became a major box office success."
"Jean Boht Jean Boht (born Jean Dance; 6 March 1932) is an English actress, most famous for the role of Nellie Boswell in Carla Lane's sitcom ""Bread"". Boht was born in Bebington, Cheshire (now in Merseyside) and was a pupil at Wirral Grammar School for Girls. She trained at the Liverpool Playhouse. In a career spanning the period from 1962 to the present day, she has appeared largely in TV productions such as ""Softly, Softly"" (1971), ""Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em"" (1978), ""Grange Hill"" (1978), ""Last of the Summer Wine"" (1978) ""Boys from the Blackstuff"" (1982), ""Scully"" (1984), ""Juliet Bravo"""
"the latter film from the novel by Stuart Browne, as well as produced and directed it, and played the lead role. Howitt has two children, Luke (born 1990) and Amy (born 2008). He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Peter Howitt Peter Howitt (; born 5 May 1957) is an English actor and film director. Howitt was born on May 5, 1957, the son of Frank Howitt, a renowned Fleet Street journalist, who in 1963 broke the infamous Profumo Scandal by getting the exclusive story from call girl Christine Keeler on their illicit affair. Howitt grew up in Eltham,"
"director for ""The Cider House Rules"" (1999). The film earned six additional Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, with Michael Caine winning the Best Supporting Actor award and John Irving winning Best Adapted Screenplay. He followed that success the following year by directing ""Chocolat"" (2000), starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Binoche and Judi Dench. The film was a critical and box-office success, earning Golden Globe, BAFTA and Academy Award nominations, including for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Binoche and Dench won Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress respectively at both the European Film Awards and the Screen Actors' Guild awards."
"""The Pizza Connection"", with the late veteran American journalist Shana Alexander. In 1993, he made his debut as screenwriter and assistant director with ""In the Name of the Father"", starring Daniel Day-Lewis, and directed and co-written by Jim Sheridan. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards including best adapted screenplay for George and Sheridan. He wrote the screenplay for and directed the film ""Some Mother's Son"", starring Helen Mirren and Fionnula Flanagan, for which he was named Young European Director of the Year, in 1996. From 2000–04, he served as executive producer and co-creator of the CBS television series"
"to cancer in 2011. During the writing of the script, Mond listened to the albums of Scott Mescudi, also known by his stage name Kid Cudi. They served as inspiration and motivation. Kid Cudi went on to curate the film's music. In the middle of writing the script, Mond made an experimental short film precursor called ‘1009’ and had his close-friend, actor Christopher Abbott play the leading role. After the short, he decided that the part of James White was going to be written for Abbott. Abbott based his performance on people he'd met, especially New Yorkers, Josh Mond and"
"Bread (TV series) Bread is a British television sitcom, written by Carla Lane, about a struggling Catholic, working-class family in Liverpool, England. It was produced by the BBC and screened on BBC One from 1 May 1986 to 3 November 1991. The series focused on the extended Boswell family of Liverpool, in the district of Dingle. The family were Catholic and working class, and led by matriarch Nellie (Jean Boht). Each episode was centred around her children attempting to make enough money to support the family through various means. The show's title is a reference to ""bread"" meaning ""money""; though"
"""Gone to Seed"" and ""Roughnecks"". In Australia he directed ""Supernova"" starring Rob Brydon. He directed the final two episodes of the first series of ""Kingdom"" and a 2007 episode of ""The Last Detective"". In 2001 he directed """" starring Stephen Mangan and Alison Steadman, written by Sue Townsend. In 2008 he directed ""Love Soup"", written by David Renwick and starring Tamsin Greig, and Series 2-7 of ""Benidorm"" (29 episodes from 2008 to 2015) written by Derren Litten. In 1998 he won a BAFTA for Best Drama Series for ""Jonathan Creek"" and in 2009 won a BAFTA for ""Harry & Paul"""
"early career involved many collaborations with his brother. Some of the work they have done as screenwriters has been both credited and uncredited. Weitz began his film career as a co-writer on the animated film ""Antz"" (1998). He followed this with work on various sitcoms such as ""Off Centre"" and the 1998 revival of the 1977 TV series ""Fantasy Island"". In 1999, he and Paul directed and produced ""American Pie"", which was written by Adam Herz, and became a major box office success. Weitz returned as executive producer on the film's two theatrical sequels. In 2001, along with his brother,"
"Producer, and Screenwriter). Since these award-winning productions, Newell has directed a number of films in Hollywood, such as ""Donnie Brasco"" (1997) (starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp), ""Pushing Tin"" (1999) (starring John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, and Angelina Jolie) and ""Mona Lisa Smile"" (2003) (starring Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, and Julia Stiles). In 2005, Newell was presented with an honorary degree of Doctor of Arts by the University of Hertfordshire which has a campus in St Albans, his birthplace. He was also awarded the BAFTA Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in Directing for his career prior to 2005."
"that included Howitt as an actor. The movie received Best Director at the Tokyo Film Festival. In 2003, he wrote and directed ""Charlie"", a feature film based on real life London criminal Charlie Richardson. Starring Luke Goss, Steven Berkoff, Anita Dobson and Leslie Grantham. The movie received a ""Variety"" Critics' Choice award at the Karlovy Vary film festival, the first British Film considered for the award for six years. His first film ""Shoreditch"" starred Joely Richardson and Shane Richie. Panned by the critics the movie lasted only two weeks in theatres. But more intriguing were the behind the scenes arguments"
"addresses the audience directly, ""Dirty Pretty Things"" (2002), and the British theatre comedy ""Mrs Henderson Presents"" (2005). Frears returned to directing for television with ""The Deal"" (2003), which depicts an alleged deal between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown over which of them should become leader of the Labour Party in 1994. Frears has also directed two films adapted from novels by Roddy Doyle, ""The Snapper"" (1993) and ""The Van"" (1996). Frears holds the ""David Lean Chair in Fiction Direction"" at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, where he teaches. His 1992 film ""Hero"", starring Dustin Hoffman, was a"
"William Fruet William Fruet (born January 1, 1933) is a Canadian film and television director, playwright and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut with the drama ""Wedding in White"" (1972), based on a play he had also written. The film won Best Picture at the Canadian Film Awards in 1973. His later career included several horror films, including ""Death Weekend"" (1972), ""Cries in the Night"" (1980), and ""Killer Party"" (1986), as well as television series, including ""Goosebumps"" and """". Other writing credits include the influential Canadian film ""Goin' Down the Road"", which he co-wrote with Donald Shebib, Fruit began his"
"Life"". He wrote for various television series through the 1980s. In 1990, Borowitz created ""The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"", which ran for six seasons on NBC and launched the acting career of Will Smith. Borowitz received an NAACP Image Award for the series. In 1998, Borowitz co-produced the film ""Pleasantville"", starring Reese Witherspoon, Tobey Maguire, William H. Macy, Joan Allen, and Jeff Daniels. It was nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, and Best Music, Original Dramatic Score. In 2004 Borowitz appeared in Woody Allen's ""Melinda and Melinda,"" starring Will Ferrell, and in ""Marie"
"Very Big Wind"", was published by Candlewick Press in 2012. A children's book, it is written completely in verse. Gary Ross Gary Ross (born November 3, 1956) is an American film director, writer, and producer. He is best known for writing and directing the fantasy comedy-drama film ""Pleasantville"" (1998), the sports drama film ""Seabiscuit"" (2003), and the sci-fi action film ""The Hunger Games"" (2012). He also wrote the screenplay for the fantasy comedy film ""Big"" (1988) and the political comedy film ""Dave"" (1993). Ross has been nominated for four Academy Awards. Ross was born in Los Angeles, California, the son"
"Todd Phillips Todd Phillips (born Todd Bunzl; December 20, 1970) is an American director, producer, screenwriter and actor. He is best known for writing and directing films, including ""Road Trip"" (2000), ""Old School"" (2003), ""Starsky & Hutch"" (2004), ""The Hangover Trilogy"" (2009, 2011, and 2013), ""Due Date"" (2010) and ""War Dogs"" (2016). For his work on the film ""Borat"", he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Huntington, New York, Phillips attended New York University Film School, but dropped out in order to focus on completing his first film, the feature-length"
"wrote and directed a movie adaption of the novel ""Beastly"", a modern-day take on ""Beauty and the Beast"". The movie was released on March 4, 2011. His film ""Won't Back Down"" (2012) received mixed reviews and garnered controversy; it was attacked by Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the predominant national teachers' union, as having ""the most blatant stereotypes and caricatures I have ever seen-even worse than in ""Waiting for Superman"""", another film attacked as ""anti-teacher union"". In 2014 he directed the film ""Cake"" starring Jennifer Aniston, who received Golden Globe and SAG Award nominations as"
"an inter-racial love affair, ""Sweet Sixteen"" (2002) concerns a teenager's relationship with his mother and ""My Name Is Joe"" (1998) an alcoholic's struggle to stay sober. His most commercial later film is ""Looking for Eric"" (2009), featuring a depressed postman's conversations with the ex-Manchester United footballer Eric Cantona appearing as himself. The film won the Magritte Award for Best Co-Production. Although successful in Manchester, the film was a flop in many other cities, especially cities with rival football teams to Manchester United. A thematic consistency throughout his films, whether they examine broad political situations or smaller intimate dramas, is his"
"the script for his next film, ""Thunderpants"". It was filmed in the U.K. Peter Hewitt (director) Peter Hewitt (born 9 October 1962, Brighton, England) is an English film director. Upon graduating from England's National Film and Television School in 1990, Hewitt flew to Hollywood with his BAFTA award-winning short film, ""The Candy Show"", in hand. Once there, he called executives from major U.S. studios and asked if he could show them his film. Soon after, he landed an agent and made his feature film directorial debut with ""Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey"". Although not as big a success as the"